butter sauce

American  

noun

1. a sauce made of melted butter, often diluted with water, sometimes thickened with flour or egg yolk, or both, and seasoned with lemon juice.

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Etymology

Origin of butter sauce

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Little baked ham-and-Swiss sliders on soft Hawaiian rolls, doused in a butter sauce spiked with Dijon, brown sugar and Worcestershire, sprinkled with poppy seeds, dusted with garlic powder and baked until the tops were shiny and golden.

From Salon

Alternatively, it can be served alongside a light brown sugar butter sauce.

From Salon

Choices include cod with butter sauce and red potatoes or spicy chicken with udon.

From Seattle Times

He taught me how to cook escargot, orange roughy with almonds with lemon butter sauce with white wine.

From Seattle Times

Surely the most used of the fall and winter squash contingent, you’ll find it featured prominently in soups, but also in stuffed pastas tossed with brown butter sauce or as simple sides, cubed and roasted with olive oil, maple or brown sugar.

From Salon